Good Morning!

Woo....long time no see....I have been busy with life....crazy times around here!

But today is Totally Stampalicious Day!!

The theme this week at Totally Stampalicious is "Anything Goes" - the best ever!!

I inked up the Bugaboo character Ava Fairy and combined her with one of the challenges from the "Hope You Can Cling To" Forum ---

The HYCCT challenge was a Tic Tac Toe challenge and I chose to use Pink, Ribbon and Make it Round!

I added some Frosted Lace Stickles to her sweet little wings and the clouds - Don't you just love pink clouds??!!

I certainly hope that you can join us this week! It is a fun challenge with these sweet Bugaboo Stamps!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends!! We had our celebrations on Saturday and Sunday - delicious time of year ;)!

It's Monday and that means a Totally Stampalicious blog post - wahoo - and in keeping with the celebration, our theme this week is Thanksgiving!

We are still knee-deep in the Hope You Can Cling To challenges - today's challenge is to use the initials HYCCT in your card - 

H- Happy
Y - yarn
C - Copic markers
C - Cabernet Savignon
T - Table - yeh that one might be a stretch lol.....

For our Totally Stampalicious card, I used JJ Cook  - she is a sweetie! and I was able to use one of the sentiments from Farmer Hawg - a perfect pairing!

 

I stamped and coloured JJ with my copic markers and then die cut her out with an MFT die. I added a bit of ribbon using Scor-Tape to make it a bit more feminine and of course the sentiment bubble is too cute!

For the inside - more cute little dies!

Hop on over to the Totally Stampalicious blog to see the other designers entries - and don't forget our fabulous FREE STAMPS FOR A YEAR promotion going on now!

I'm So Excited!!

Good Monday Morning! The first day of October woohoo! and - more fun news!!  
Totally Stampalicious has a "Free Stamps for a Year" contest going on - check out the blinkie on my sidebar!!

Since it is Monday, it's time for another Totally Stampalicious Challenge and this week "Anything Goes"!! I love these kind of challenges !

I inked up "Scarlett - I'm So Excited" and coloured her little outfit with my copic markers.

I do not even know what paper I used, because the scraps were laying on my desk - I love that, as a stamper, I am able to do that!

The red embellishments are dies, - I love how a die is instant gratification lol!

And I forgot to take a photo of the inside, but it says "Congratulations!"

Join us won't you, for this week's challenge!

Dude!!

Good Morning and welcome to another Totally Stampalicious challenge!

This week we are focusing on Autumn - the gorgeous scents, textures and COLOURS of Autumn!
That's right - we want to see your Autumn colours - go for it!

I chose to use my new Bugaboo stamp called Johnny Skateboard! He is such a DUDE!

I paired Johnny Skateboard with my Simple Stories 6 x 6 paper pad called Happy Day - full of the prefect papers for Fall!

I coloured him with my copic markers, and then stamped him again onto some of the patterned paper so I could paper piece his jacket and shirt.  I kind of like how he turned out!

I am also entering this into this past weekends Virtual Stamp Night Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. It is the Back to Basics challenge - A, B, C!  Autumn, Boy and Collar or Copics or Colours - take your pick!

Dancer......

Good Monday Morning!! Did you have a good weekend? - I certainly did - I bought myself a wee little birthday present - can you say Pandora??!! squeeeee!!

Our challenge this week at Totally Stampalicious is to make a girl birthday card or project.

I guess I wasn't listening (bad Bonnie!) during class, because I didn't do  birthday card - but I did create a girlie project!

 

I used Ballerina Brat -and one of the sentiments that come with it - she is one of my favorite Bugaboo stamps!  I paper pieced my little heart out using Cosmo Cricket papers.

The banner is cut with the Dienamics Banner Strip Die and stamped with the Mini Alphabet.

The cardstock and ribbon is from Stamping UP! and it is Cherry Cobbler- freaking gorgeous colour!!

Thanks for visiting today!

Ribbon Carousel meets Totally Stampalicious!!

If you are joining me from Lisa Somerville's Blog you are on the right track! If you are just joining me by accident - well - Hello!! Welcome to the Ribbon Carousel/Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop!

The talented Ribbon Carousel Crewmates are teaming up with the Design Team from Totally Stampalicious  to bring you a blog hop jam packed with crafty eye candy!  We will be helping to show off Totally Stampalicious' September release of stamps AND some ribbon and twine from the Ribbon Carousel, of course! 

Now, lets talk prizes! 

The Ribbon Carousel will be giving away a $20 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store and Totally Stampalicious will be giving away their 4 newly release September stamp sets!  Enjoy the hop and be sure to leave some blog love along your way to be eligible for the prizes!  Winners will be announced Saturday night at 8:00 PM EST.

Let's get started!

I have used two of our four new releases - Balloon Boy Brat and Balloon Girl Brat and both are using the delicious Ribbon Carousel ribbon!!

 

I stamped Balloon Boy Brat once on Copic Xpress cardstock and again on my patterned paper and pieced the patterned paper onto the balloon. Then, I coloured the whole image, patterned paper and all, with my copics adding some shading here and there.

I cut him out and popped him up onto my card background.....the lovely orange ribbon was tied at the side since I didn't want a huge bow on a masculine card.....my little thing.....

On my next card, I used the same layout, and just changed up the stamp, patterned paper and the ribbon. 

Of course, I added some extra bling on Balloon Brat Girl - because I LOVE bling!!

Now, as you can see - you should be hopping on to Els Brige's Blog - and I know there is loveliness over there!!

Butterfly Wishes!

Hello - it is Monday Morning - Happy Labour Day!!

Our Totally Stampalicious Challenge is going on as usual so since today is a vacation day - maybe you have some extra time in your scrap and stamp area to join in our challenge!

This week's challenge is "Anything But a Card"  - easy!

Splitcoaststampers had a tutorial for a Foldover Bookmark, so I decided to give it a go......

and here is the finished product - isn't Bugaboo Ava Fairy just the sweetest??!!

I stamped Ava Fairy onto PTI Stampers Select white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo black ink, coloured her with copic markers and then cut her out to adhere to the front of the bookmark! 

Using a white highlighter Sharpie pen, I dabbled some highlights here and there....I think it worked out just fine!

Sheer white ribbon was tied at the top and also little bit of twine to carry over the red.

I used Papertrey Ink's patterned papers - they are so nice and bright!

Here is another shot just in case you need it ;)!

Directions??

Good Day! 

Today is Monday and that means another Totally Stampalicious Challenge!!  This week's challenge is "Anything Goes" - you KNOW you love those challenges!!

I have used "New Truck Gus" - a stamp set with a sweet image of Gus and four sentiments that will make you chuckle for sure!

I used Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #166 for my layout, along with some left over papers I had on my desk - love using them up - then I don't feel like I really have to clean up my area yay!

I stamped and coloured Grumpy Gus with my copics and then highlighted the fenders and such with white highlighter marker. 

Sewing is always a staple that I love so I zigzagged around the rectangle and then followed the rest of the layout as close as possible!

A lot of depth to this card - I love using my pop dots!!!

Well, make sure to enter our challenge - it's a simple one this week!!

Too Much Coffee!

Hello! It's Monday and that means another Totally Stampalicious challenge!  

Our challenge is all about a CAS card - that is Clean and Simple - yikes!!! - not my favorite but I am always up for a challenge!

I recently saw a technique, when I was surfing, that had to do with watercolouring.....so I thought that would be perfect ! 

This is as CAS as I get!

Using watercolor paper, I stamped Crabby Cathy , one of our new releases with Versamark and embossed her with white embossing powder. 

Then, using Maya Road mists, I dipped my brush directly into the mist bottle and proceeded to dabble here and there with the colours to bring out the Crabby Cathy image.....

I punched holes in either side of my image with my Crop-a-dile and threaded some Razzleberry ribbon through the image. I used a small Maya Road crocheted flower for an embellishement along with the sentiment!

The inside is definitely CAS lol!

Thanks for coming around to visit and don't forget that you probably want to join our challenge!!....:)

New Release Blog Hop!

Good Day and welcome to the first stop on the Totally Stampalicious New Release Blog Hop for August!

We are featuring FOUR NEW STAMP SETS from the fabulous Designer - Jodie Mackrell - who designs the fabulous Bugaboo Line of stamps!

As always we'll be giving away PRIZES to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!

1st Prize - All 4 New Sets

2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate

3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way and maybe you will be the winner!

Our Release is available NOW at Totally Stampalicious!

Okay, tonight I am showing you two of the four cute sets available tonight -

Here is Cheerleader Brat!

I gave miss Cheerleader Brat some bling on her little pom-poms and did a bit of sewing also. I love how the sewing leaves it looking smart and finished! I am getting addicted to it lol!

AND here is Football Brat!

For Football Brat, it is hard to tell but I stamped him twice and then coloured him once and then just the helmet on the other stamped image. I cut out the helmet and popped it up onto this image!

Thanks for visiting tonight and thank you so much for leaving a message for me - !!

Your next stop is the most talented Leanne!!


Here is the entire line-up in case there are any glitches along the way!!

Totally Stampalicious

Bonnie - you are here!

Leanne

Joanne

Stacy

Angel

Kendra

Dawn

Lori

Laurie

Becky

Joycelyn

Sue

Cupcakes, Good Friends and Presents!

Hello! It's Monday and that means another Totally Stampalicious challenge!  

Our challenge is all about your favorite colour combinations and this week..... today....this hour....my favorite combo is anything with Kraft cardstock!

I was at a wedding shower/engagement party on Saturday and the cake was a Cupcake Cake - with the most delicious icing ever! Our friends were all there and lots of presents - so I thought this little card was especially appropriate for today!

I paired Kraft cardstock with scarlet and cream with a dash of pink and I used the sweet little birthday set called Scarlette Cupcake! - a perfect choice.

The inside is just a simple design - but fun at the same time!

Won't you join us for our colour challenge this week?!!

I've Lost my Balls.....

Hello! It's Monday and that means another Totally Stampalicious challenge!

This week, the challenge is all about Celebrating Summer and for me, the best way to celebrate summer is to play golf! - I LOVE it!

So I chose to use the stamp set called Gus Golf - and what a character he is - a few very funny sentiments are included in this set - oh my word!

 

.....and the inside......

Check out the challenge and join us won't you?!

Twinkle Toes!

Good Morning - what a beautiful sunny day in Southern Ontario - we are so lucky to have our beautiful blue skies.....

It's time for another Totally Stampalicious Challenge!

Just in time for the Olympics - we have a sporty challenge!! It doesn't have to be an Olympic sport - just a sport of some kind.

I chose to use Miss Ballerina Brat to showcase Ballet - what an energy-filled sport!

I also made a flower for the Dare To Get Dirty Challenges going on all this week at Splitcoast Stampers -  there are fabulous prizes to be won! Check it out here!

Stamps: Bugaboo Ballerina Brat,

Ink: memento tuxedo black, copics

Accessories: MFT Dienamics Rounded Banner Stax, Dienamics Plentiful Petals, MFT button, My Mind's Eye twine, Kaisercraft pearls - coloured with copic

TS Monday - Christmas in July!

Good morning! We are continuing our challenges this week with the Christmas in July theme on Totally Stampalicious! - with all this heat in Southern Ontario we are trying to kid ourselves into cooler weather lol!

I chose to use a Bugaboo image called Santa Called Stella  - I LOVE Stella!

This old gal was coloured with my copic markers and even received some stitching and die cut buttons for fun!

I did up a simple design for inside the card as well. This is such a fun stamp and sentiment set - you will love it!!

Can you join us for the challenge?!!

Ribbons and Bows oh my!!

Good morning! 

Today the Totally Stampalicious challenge is to use Ribbons and Bows on your project!

I did something a little different with my image, Ballerina Brat from Bugaboo. 

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo black ink and then stamped her again onto hot pink cardstock. I cut out only her tutu and bow from the hot pink cardstock and adhered it to my image.

I chose to accent it with my beautiful hot pink ribbon and bow! I cut out the bangs on her hair and popped them up for dimension!!

Just something a little different but I love the look!

For the inside of my card I added one of the cute sentiments included in this set!

Won't you join us? it's a great challenge!

Red, White and ??

Good Monday Morning!!

Over at the Totally Stampalicious blog we are celebrating Canada Day - so our challenge to you this Monday is to create something with Red and White and one other colour!!

Of course since I had my new Teresa Collins Spring Fling paper pad I had to use Aqua - I love these colours together!

I inked up Clyde Bugs with his cute little lady bugs, coloured him with my copic markers and popped him up in the center of my patterned paper circle!

I added the word "hey!", some grass and clouds because I know Clyde would love red grass haha!

Inside I used one of the cute sentiments included with this stamp.

I thought this was Totally Stampalicious cute!!

Welcome Teenagers!

Good Morning and it's time for another Totally Stampalicious challenge! 

This week we are focusing on our teenagers! They are always appreciated for their "never a dull moment" attitude - and so we celebrate! Just make a card that your teenager would love!

I am using a new stamp from our June release called Girlz Rock - a cute set with all those funky sayings that your teen loves!

I stamped this sweet little missy onto Copic XPress Cardstock and coloured her with copics, adding little pearl earrings for fun!

The patterned paper is so feminine which I love! and is from the 6 x 6 paper pad called Spring Fling, from the Teresa Collins line.

This card is popped up immensely and here is the proof!! 

I decided to add another sentiment on the inside of the card - WTG (way to go!)

Won't you join us at Totally Stampalicious for this fun challenge!?